Biography
Dr. Ćwiękała-Lewis is internationally recognized for her work in nursing and healthcare. Dr. Ćwiękała-Lewis completed her Ph.D. in Nursing with a minor in Education Technology at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Education Technology is the considered implementation of appropriate tools, techniques, or processes that facilitate the application of senses, memory, and cognition to enhance teaching practices and improve learning outcomes.
Dr. Ćwiękała-Lewis has held a variety of staff, management, administrative, and education positions during her nursing carrier. She is also a passionate humanitarian with the goal of bringing care and comfort to people in need, whether it is volunteering in the American Red Cross as a Regional Nurse Leader or organizing fundraisers to support the saving of human lives or the alleviation of suffering.
Her areas of expertise include education technology innovation, digital healthcare, management, leadership for for-profit and nonprofit organizations, Parkinson's disease symptom management with complementary and alternative medicine as an intervention as well as disaster preparedness.
Dr. ĆwiÄ™kaÅ‚a-Lewis currently serves nursing professor at York College of Pennsylvania. In the past, she also served as online faculty in the RN-MS program at the University of Arizona. She holds a BSN degree in nursing from Cedar Crest College, an MSN in Nursing Leadership in Health Systems Management from Drexel University, and a Ph.D. in nursing with a minor in Education Technology from the University of Arizona. Dr. ĆwiÄ™kaÅ‚a-Lewis is a board-certified Advanced Public Health Nurse (APHN) and Edmond J. Safra Visiting Nurse Scholar at the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation.
In the media
York College Nursing Professor - creates an opportunity for nursing students to support Ukrainian refugees in Poland
'It's about the bigger picture: Polish-born York College nurse helps Ukrainian refugees
Dr. Lewis office space - Assistant Professor Nursing
Sending help where is most needed.
The crisis in Ukraine.
Cwiekala-Lewis Named Regional Nurse Leader
From the Community: Thank you for all the community work!
Child Nutrition Programs Working!
Bill that could help Parkinson's patients.
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Parkinson's Disease
Symptom-management with Ccomplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as an intervention.
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2015 - May 2019
The University of Arizona
Doctor of Philosophy
Major: Nursing
Minor: Educational Technology
Community-based participatory research (CBPR)
Foreign Educated Nurses (FENs) and Online Students.
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Information Technology
Digital healthcare innovation utilizing information and communication technologies to support solutions to the current healthcare challenges.
Utilization of social media for healthcare education.
Digital innovation of animated case studies and gaming utilized to improve nursing competency and patient care outcomes.
2007 - 2014
Drexel University
Master of Science in Nursing in
Nursing Leadership in Health Systems Management
2004 - 2007
Cedar Crest College
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Honors and Awards:
2022
Excellence In Teaching Award from the College of Nursing at the University of Arizona
Inducted to Alpha Alpha Alpha, York College of Pennsylvania
2019
Excellence In Teaching Award from the College of Nursing at the University of Arizona
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2016
Edmond J. Safra Visiting Nurse Scholar at the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, Travel Award to attend the 4th World Parkinson Congress
2015
Edmond J. Safra Visiting Nurse Scholar at the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
2014
Induced to Honorsociety.org
2012
Inducted to Sigma Theta Tau International, Nu Eta Chapter Drexel University